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WEST: To be or not be in person in the classroom

By Gary West, special to Charleston Currents | On July 15, 2020, Gov. Henry McMaster lobbied for opening schools for all of South Carolina’s children – full classrooms, full-time, five days a week – while the pandemic continues to spread faster and farther.

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Each school district in South Carolina has been required to submit a reopening plan to the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE). And all those plans were required to have an option for parents to send their students to school.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 08/17/2020 · Comments are Disabled · My Turn, Views

NEWS: Tropical storm may turn into hurricane Monday

Staff reports | Officials are closely watching the churning in the Atlantic Ocean as Tropical Storm Isaias moves north towards the Carolinas coast. Heavy, spotty rain has been reported Monday morning.

The storm, near the Georgia-Florida line early this morning, is expected to be off the coast of Charleston by Monday night, bringing with it heavy rains. At 5 a.m., maximum sustained winds were 70 mph. It may gain enough power to be a hurricane, forecasters say, with the highest winds occurring off the coast. The probable landfall is Wilmington, N.C.

As of 8 a.m., Charleston was under a tropical storm warning, but a hurricane warning stretched from the South Santee River to Surf City, N.C. A storm surge warning is in effect from Edisto Island to the North Carolina line.

by Charleston Currents · 08/03/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

NEW for 8/3: On leadership; Trump’s fear; Tropical storm coming

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Book outlines how 4 presidents tackled difficult situations
COMMENTARY, Brack: Three months before national election, Trump is scared
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
NEWS BRIEFS: Tropical storm may turn into hurricane later today
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Did it move?
CALENDAR: Redux to show Williams’s art Aug. 10-28
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lords Proprietors of Carolina

by Charleston Currents · 08/03/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

NEWS BRIEFS: Calls to repeal Heritage Act gain ground

Staff reports | Close to one-third of state lawmakers say they are for repealing the Heritage Act, according to an organization pushing its repeal. Repeal the Heritage Act said 49 lawmakers have expressed public support for the law’s repeal. It requires two-thirds of the General Assembly’s two chambers to agree to any changes or removals of war and heritage monuments on public property, including those commemorating the Confederacy and African American heritage.

by Charleston Currents · 06/29/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs